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questioning residents and stopping cars. >> he believes the backpack to be jessica's. >> reporter: jessica's mother sarah said she last saw her daughter friday morning walking to the elementary school in westminster, colorado. when jessica didn't show up for school, the staff called her mom, sarah said she was sleeping after working the graveyard shift and didn't get the call. by the time she got the message, eight crucial hours had passed. over the weekend, 800 volunteers came to search, scouring hills and roads. teams with dogs combing up and down jessica's street. overnight, jessica's father jeremiah bryant provided this photograph of his daughter. bryant lives 600 miles away in missouri. he said the photo was taken six weeks ago when she came to visit him. it was the last time he saw her. jessica's parents are in the middle of a custody suit over their daughter. but police say they don't believe that has anything to do with her disappearance. for now, investigators say they haven't ruled anyone in or out. >> the idea or thought that she was taken by a stranger clearly is possible. but st
questioning residents and stopping cars. >> he believes the backpack to be jessica's. >> reporter: jessica's mother sarah said she last saw her daughter friday morning walking to the elementary school in westminster, colorado. when jessica didn't show up for school, the staff called her mom, sarah said she was sleeping after working the graveyard shift and didn't get the call. by the time she got the message, eight crucial hours had passed. over the weekend, 800 volunteers came to...
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jessica ridgeway was last seen as she walked to a park where she meets classmates before school. the girl was caught in a custody battle between her mother and her father who lives in missouri. police are not ruling anyone out as a suspect. >> the odds are, if you look at the number of children who disappear in the united states, they tend to be, well over 90% of the time, at the hands of a parent or a relative. >> the backpack apparently contained a water bottle with the child's name written on it. >>> it was a wild scene to close out sunday's big nascar race at talladega. on the final lap, defending nascar champ tony stewart made his move trying to protect his lead. it ended up triggering that. it amounted to a 25-car pile-up. tony stewart caused a pile-up. he took the blame. saying it was his fault. fell low driver kyle busch talked about it later. the outside lanes were going by us and it got to turn three and the wreck ensued. so hopefully tony's all right and everybody that got banged up here. so it's good to come out unscathed and have the car be in one piece. >> that's a
jessica ridgeway was last seen as she walked to a park where she meets classmates before school. the girl was caught in a custody battle between her mother and her father who lives in missouri. police are not ruling anyone out as a suspect. >> the odds are, if you look at the number of children who disappear in the united states, they tend to be, well over 90% of the time, at the hands of a parent or a relative. >> the backpack apparently contained a water bottle with the child's...
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fbi agents descended on jessica ridgeway's home on tuesday, with her family's permission. bringing in search dogs and scouring the backyard, as her emotional parents spoke out for the first time. >> you get the pit in your stomach that you don't want any parent, any parent to, to ever experience in their whole entire life. >> it is by far the worst thing i've ever been through. >> reporter: sarah ridgeway says her 10-year-old daughter, jessica, left home on friday morning to meet up with friends for the walk to school. that was the last time she was seen. >> and i need her to walk back through that door. >> wow. want to be on camera? >> reporter: investigators are hoping this video of jessica, first broadcast on "gma," will generate new leads. >> that's on the camera, see? >> may god be calm, and we just ask you to be here. >> reporter: overnight, residents held candlelight vigils for the safe return of the 10-year-old who loves stuffed animals and playing with her dog. >> we know how precious our children are. and we know this could happen to any of us. >> i just can't im
fbi agents descended on jessica ridgeway's home on tuesday, with her family's permission. bringing in search dogs and scouring the backyard, as her emotional parents spoke out for the first time. >> you get the pit in your stomach that you don't want any parent, any parent to, to ever experience in their whole entire life. >> it is by far the worst thing i've ever been through. >> reporter: sarah ridgeway says her 10-year-old daughter, jessica, left home on friday morning to...
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jessica ridgeway vanished walking to school on friday. and police are investigating whether her disappearance could actually be linked to other cases. abc's clayton sandell has the latest. >> reporter: in new video obtained exclusively overnight by abc news, 10-year-old jessica ridgeway, horses around with a video camera and the family dog. >> that's the camera. >> reporter: take another look. jessica recorded this video in may. >> that's the camera. >> reporter: this morning, the state crime lab is processing jessica's backpack for dna evidence. it was found sunday with her water bottle, six miles from where she was last seen. police say it's vital evidence, the only trace of her since she vanished friday. >> the bottom line to give us ideas and evidence of who may have been in contact with it. and where we can focus a search. >> reporter: that search expanded monday. more than 100 people combing roadsides and rocky terrain. meantime, police are checking reports that three weeks ago, in a nearby town, a suspicious man was seen approachin
jessica ridgeway vanished walking to school on friday. and police are investigating whether her disappearance could actually be linked to other cases. abc's clayton sandell has the latest. >> reporter: in new video obtained exclusively overnight by abc news, 10-year-old jessica ridgeway, horses around with a video camera and the family dog. >> that's the camera. >> reporter: take another look. jessica recorded this video in may. >> that's the camera. >> reporter:...
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in coloradoal asked for the public's help in finding a suspect in the kidnapping of jessica ridgeway. whal've believed to be the little girl's body was discovered, not far from where she was last seen. positive identification has been made. more difficult by the fact that parts of that body are missing. >>> a michigan businessman pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife's murderer. he said he had nothing to do with the strangling death of his wife, jane, back in january. but handyman, joe gentz claimed mr. bush chara that he was hired to do it. now authorities say that he wanted gentz dead so he could name him in the trial. he has not been charged in his wife's murder. earlier this year he actually expressed his grief. >> it is just unthinkable that this happened to her and what she had to suffer. >> sentenced next month. a plea agreement calls for him to get a minimum sentence of over four years in prison. >>> and a warning now about an increasingly dangerous hoax, swatting. bogus 911 calls for crimes so threatening that the s.w.a.t. team responds. one high-profile
in coloradoal asked for the public's help in finding a suspect in the kidnapping of jessica ridgeway. whal've believed to be the little girl's body was discovered, not far from where she was last seen. positive identification has been made. more difficult by the fact that parts of that body are missing. >>> a michigan businessman pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife's murderer. he said he had nothing to do with the strangling death of his wife, jane, back in...